Legal Definition and Related Resources of Leges
Meaning of Leges
(Lat.) I In Civil Law. Laws proposed by a magistrate of the senate, and adopted by the whole people in comitia centuriata. See “Populiscitum”; “Lex.” In English Law. Laws. Leges scriptae, written or statute laws. Hale’s Hist. Com. Law, 1, 2. Leges non scriptae, unwritten or customary laws; the common, law, including general customs, or the common law, properly so called; and also particular customs of certain parts of the kingdom, and those particular laws that are, by custom, observed only in certain courts and jurisdictions. 1 Bl. Comm. 67. “These parts of law are therefore styled leges non scriptae, because their original institution and authority are not set down in writing, as acts of parliament are, but they receive their binding power and the force of laws by long and immemorial usage.” 1 Steph. Comm. 40, 66. It is not to be understood, however, that they are merely oral, for they have come down to us in reports and treatises.
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This definition of Leges Is based on the The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary . This entry needs to be proofread.
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Leges in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims
See Lex.
Note: This legal definition of Leges in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.
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Concept of “Leges”
Traditional meaning of leges in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) Laws. Leges figendi et refigendi consuetudo est periculosissima: the practice of making and remaking law is most dangerous. Leges posteriores priores contrarias abrogant: later laws abrogate prior laws which are contrary to them. Leges scriptae, non scriptae: written, unwritten laws. Leges sub graviori lege: laws under a weightier law. Leges vigilantibus non dormientibus subveniunt: laws are for the aid of those who are diligent, not those who sleep upon their rights.
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Notes and References
- Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Leges”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.
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